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(Eagle News) — Malacanang assured the public that there is no whitewash in the cases involving controversial pork barrel personality, Janet Lim Napoles, as it dismissed accusations that there was a deal between her and the government. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the Court of Appeals decision to acquit Napoles on the illegal detention case filed against her by whistleblower Benhur Luy has “no direct impact on her pork-barrel cases.” “Government is clear that there is […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte defended on Monday the Office of the Solicitor General’s move to recommend the dismissal of the serious illegal detention case filed against Janet Lim Napoles, but stopped short of naming her a state witness to prosecute others allegedly involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “Totoo naman. The circumstances would show. (Benhur Luy) was not restrained at all. If you ever followed the story, the solicitor general is right. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Sandiganbayan ordered the prosecution to provide hard copies of all the contents of the hard drive belonging to whistleblower Benhur Luy in the case of the alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/EW5Uv6XNbAc
MUNTINLUPA City, April 15 (Eagle News Service) — The Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) is ready to accept Janet Lim Napoles if ever she is ordered to serve her sentence of reclusion perpetua in the said institution. Napoles was convicted guilty for serious illegal detention of Benhur Luy. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
A MAKATI regional trial court sentenced Janet Lim Napoles, who had been tagged as the pork barrel queen, to life imprisonment for the illegal detention of her former employee Benhur Luy. Judge Elmo Alameda of Makati RTC branch 150 also ordered Napoles to pay Luy P50,000 in moral damages and another P50,000 in civil damages. Napoles and her brother Reynald Lim allegedly detained Luy for three months in her house in Magallanes Village, Makati City […]
The Sandiganbayan 1st Division allowed the camp of Senator Revilla to access pork barrel principal whistleblower Benhur Luy’s hard drive.
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) – Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong was dismissed by the Supreme Court Tuesday, becoming the first Sandigabayan justice to be dismissed since the anti-graft court was created in 1978. In a vote of 8-5, the high court decided to dismiss Ong from the service for lying, showing “corrupt inclinations” and “fraternizing” with alleged pork barrel scam queen businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles whom he acquitted in 2010 on bribery and corruption charges. This […]
For the first time, pork barrel scam whistleblower admitted that he received commissions from the kickbacks from PDAF.
The camp of Benhur Luy once again called for the incarceration of Janet Lim Napoles in an ordinary jail, saying that there are no more threats to Lim’s life now that she has already made and released to the public her affidavit.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee issued a subpoena to original pork barrel whistleblower Benhur Luy, compelling him to submit his digital files to the panel on the alleged anomaly.
Manila, Philippines — A Manila court has issued a provisional asset preservation order on the assets and bank accounts of Janet Lim Napoles, her family members, and others implicated in the pork barrel anomaly. The 20-page order was issued by Manila Regional Trial Court judge Marino Dela Cruz, Jr., and is good for 20 days. The order was issued after the Anti-Money Laundering Council filed a petition with the court for the forfeiture of Napoles’ […]
MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Janet Lim Napoles is set to bring to the Court of Appeals her bail petition which had been denied by the Makati regional trial court. Napoles’ camp said they will be filing their appeal within 60 days. In fact, her lawyer, Alfredo Villamor, wants the petition to be filed as soon as possible. Napoles’ brother Reynald Lim is still at large. Last February 12, the Makati Regional Trial Court […]
